Hi all, I am a lonnng time lurker, I never really post. Anyway, I just have a quick question -

I am a modified CG because my hair is wavy and I have never been able to pluck up the courage to ditch the shampoo. Instead, I am still using shampoo (sans sulfate and cone's where possible!) but I am using it less. Whereas I used to wash every day I am now limiting to once every two days and trying to prolong that to three (which doesn't seem like much, but it is halving my shampoo usage, and sometimes I don't even wash at the weekend)

Anyway, my question is this - I'm having to use dry shampoo inbetween washes as my hair is just too greasy otherwise, and I just wanted to check that there isn't anything bad with regards to dry shampoo, e.g. the ingredients or how you have to rub it into the hair, would I be better washing once a day but using a sulfate free poo, etc.? I just don't want to be undoing any progress I have made! I use Batiste and these are the ingredients:

I googled that website and quickly read through their 'shampoo powder' posts, but they don't seem to say much other than they can make your hair feel gross/some are overpriced, etc., etc. I might do some more digging, see if there are more reviews and stuff

I know it has alcohol in it but which would be worse - is it more damaging to be washing everyday (currently I am using *horror* a sulfate shampoo) or to wash one day and dry-shampoo the next?

Choosing between these two cleansing methods is a little like trying to decide which limb you'd rather lose, an arm or a leg? (Okay, maybe that's an extreme example, but I think you get my point!)

The dry shampoo is very drying. The sulfates are drying. At least with the sulfate shampoo, you can choose to go with the low-poo variety and then follow it with conditioner. With a dry shampoo, what can a person do to put moisture into the hair, really?

For a greasy scalp you may want to try just using a light dusting of rice powder or corn starch. This is what dry shampoo's contain anyway to absorb the oils on the scalp. However, to keep it in liquid aerosol form, they must add a drying alcohol so that it dried very quickly on the scalp.

Alcohol and any other undesirable ingredients aside, I don't see how you can use a dry shampoo or even just powder without brushing your hair?! I've used PSSSST, an Oscar Blandi version and plain powder in the past, but it's been when I was wearing it straight or roller setting it so that I was brushing it anyway. I can see how maybe someone with light colored hair could get away with it but not anyone else . . . .

For a greasy scalp you may want to try just using a light dusting of rice powder or corn starch. This is what dry shampoo's contain anyway to absorb the oils on the scalp. However, to keep it in liquid aerosol form, they must add a drying alcohol so that it dried very quickly on the scalp.

Alcohol and any other undesirable ingredients aside, I don't see how you can use a dry shampoo or even just powder without brushing your hair?! I've used PSSSST, an Oscar Blandi version and plain powder in the past, but it's been when I was wearing it straight or roller setting it so that I was brushing it anyway. I can see how maybe someone with light colored hair could get away with it but not anyone else . . . .

Originally Posted by auntnett

Unless someone with darker hair used one the color-tinted powders for reds or brunetts it would be a disaster!

I adore and love would drink the Ojon Rub Out Dry Shampoo if I could. I don't use it everyday or even every few days but I have a bottle around and it works great for me (I have light hair) as volume booster and smell freshener. I work in a barn so I get stinky and if I need to do something after work I flip my head over and spray just a little of this and I smell good and get great volume. I don't spray enough that I would need to brush or even a bunch on my roots. I just spray underneath or any spots that really need it.

I can imagine most cringing at the thought, but it works for me. I've also used regular cornstarch and added some essential oils to it for scent. Just a tad dusted here and there, massaged a bit into the roots, and sometimes (when I overdo it) scrunched out with a bit of water works for me to remedy lank and icky in a pinch. But I agree that it isn't something to make a habit, for daily routines I think low poo would work and feel better. I use dry poos as almost a styling tool, I think that to use them as a dry poo you do need to be able to brush them through.